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Famous Nigerian musician, Asake, has revealed he has been an entertainer behind the scenes prior to becoming a well-known singer.<\/p>\n
In a latest interview, he revealed he used to be a dancer before poverty led him to change\u00a0his career to singing.<\/p>\n
He made this known while speaking in an interview with ABC as he recounted his boyhood days and how his\u00a0parents\u2019\u00a0love for music had inspired his career.<\/p>\n
Asake said that he had been exposed early on at a young age to music by his classical-music-loving parents who always played records in their home.<\/p>\n
Speaking on his love for dancing, he said that he had once been a dancer in the past, but at a point, he began to fall in love with the idea of having money too.<\/p>\n
According to Asake, he realised that dancing alone wouldn\u2019t be able to make him the money he wants so he began singing.<\/p>\n
Asake said:\u00a0\u201cMy parents used to play me a lot of classical songs. They love listening to songs. The kind of father I have is the one that will wake up in the morning and have one cigarette then loud music.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end of the day, I feel like I can actually sing. Then I added music to it. Maybe because I know how to dance then I know how to bounce on music. I actually don\u2019t want to be a musician in the first place. I just wanted to dance. It feels like water. I love everything that comes with dancing.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut at the end of the day, after dancing I fell in love with having money too. Then I started thinking about it, is dance going to give me the kind of money I want?\u201d<\/p>\n
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